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authorkeywordtitlefull environmental health perspectives (ehp) is a monthly journal of peer-reviewed research and news on the impact of the environment on human health. ehp is published by thehere to learn more. environmental health perspectives volume 112, number 3, march 2004 commentary the asbestos cancer epidemic joseph ladou division of occupational and environmental medicine,exposures are brought to an end. in many developed countries, in the most affected age groups, mesothelioma may account for 1% of all deaths. in addition to mesotheliomas, 5-7% of all lung cancers canr organization (ilo) had responded early and responsibly. the who was late in recognizing the epidemic and failed to act decisively after it was well under way. the who and the ilo continue to fail tosuch as the international commission on occupational health (icoh) and other asbestos industry advocates to manipulate them and to distort scientific evidence. the global asbestos cancer epidemic is a, lung cancer, mesothelioma, who. environ health perspect 112:285-290 (2004). doi:10.1289/ehp.6704 available via http://dx.doi.org/ [online 24 november 2003] address correspondence to j. ladou,: (415) 476-6426. e-mail: joeladou@aol.com the author declares he has no competing financial interests. received 26 august 2003; accepted 24 november 2003. the full version of this article is
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